Nov 5, 2009, 12:02 GMT
Paris - France and Poland have decided to cooperate in the development of nuclear power stations in the Eastern European country, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday in Paris.
Warsaw and Paris will hold 'exclusive' discussions toward developing 'a nuclear energy network in Poland,' Sarkozy told journalists after talks with Tusk at the Elysee Palace.
For his part, Tusk said, 'The cooperation between Poland and France is the grand beginning of nuclear energy in Poland.'
The Polish prime minister said that the first nuclear reactor is scheduled to be built by 2020, with another to be completed five years later.
Their construction will be undertaken with the assistance of French engineers and technicians, Tusk added.
Currently, Poland has no nuclear power plant. In 2008, the government approved an energy policy that called for the construction of two plants by 2020.
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